*New Exhibition* VOLUNTOURISM 11th May
On 11th of May we will open the group exhibition “VÄLFÄRDSSAMHÄLLET” (commonwealth society) at Galleri Kontrast in Stockholm. My new work on voluntourism will be shown together with 15 other projects exploring todays commonwealth society. The exhibition is open May 11 – June 9.
Voluntourism
On Saturday I will begin my final project at Nordens Fotoskola. I will investigate the subject of Voluntourism – volunteers on arranged trips – and how this phenomenon can have a possible negative effect in terms of post colonialism and “we and them”-thinking.
www.valfardssamhallet.se
www.valfardssamhallet.se/blogg
www.valfardssamhallet.se/fotografer/vilhelm-stokstad/
Sport Professional, shortlist -‐ 2013 Sony World Photography Awards
I’m very happy to announce that my story on Uno Hedin – The Ping-Pong King – has been shortlisted as a top ten finalist in the Sport Professional category of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.
Pingiskungen, The Ping-Pong King – Mutlimedia
(subtiteld version coming soon)
Today it is 8 years since the tsunami and earthquake, that had its epicenter just outside of the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, shook Asia and the world.
Sunset over Banda Aceh, 2009, Indonesia.
New story!
The Ping-Pong King is now online. The multimedia piece is still a work in progress but will hopefully be finished by the end of the year.
Now Fria Tidningen has published the store online as well, for you who missed it in the paper.
http://www.fria.nu/artikel/94118
Just posted Dawas story as a multimedia piece as well. Take a look!
My latest story about a Tibetan here in Sweden, Dawa Tsering, has been published by swedish newspaper Fria Tidningen this saturday. Cover and four pages inside.
Pick it up at your local newsstand!
